News from Iceland

mbl.is, 13 January 2019 2:10 PMFrost up to -19 degrees C expected in Iceland
Reykjavik locals were generally pleased that it snowed yesterday to brighten up the January darkness. Winter seems to be finally arriving with frost up to 17 degrees C expected next week.
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mbl.is, 13 January 2019 8:41 AMFormer minister accused of sexual violence and harassment
Over 150 women have joined a Facebook group to discuss their experiences of harassment and/or violence by Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson. Hannibalsson is the former leader of the Icelandic Social Democratic Party, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs and later, diplomat to Iceland.
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mbl.is, 12 January 2019 9:58 AMSnow is on its way
Winter might finally be here. Snow and colder temperatures are predicted for coming days. The first ten days of January are the warmest of this century.
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 11 January 2019 12:47 PMHappening This Weekend: Our Picks!School has started. Morale is low. The apocalypse is nigh. Cheer yourself up with these not-to-miss events. Friday, January 11th...
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mbl.is, 11 January 2019 11:47 AMIcelanders debate whether to start daylight saving time
The government office of Iceland opened up a forum yesterday online to see whether Icelanders wanted to take up daylight saving time. Iceland observes Greenwich mean time but many Icelanders want to set the clock back one hour.
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mbl.is, 10 January 2019 5:11 PMMild winter surprises Icelandic meteorologists
Meterologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson points out that today, January 10th there is not one spot of ice on the number one route from Reykjavik to Akureyri, the largest town in North Iceland. "Unbelievable, really," he writes.
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mbl.is, 09 January 2019 10:58 AMChild hit by car on Hringbraut
A child was hit by a car at the junction of Meistaravellir and Hringbraut in West Reykjavik this morning around 8.30. The child's injuries are not believed to be serious.
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mbl.is, 08 January 2019 3:26 PMStorm warning for North Iceland tomorrow
The Iceland Met Office has issued a yellow storm warning for the entire North Iceland spanning from the West Fjords to East Iceland. The storm will continue until Thursday.
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mbl.is, 08 January 2019 2:12 PMMurder case goes back to trial
Trial has begun in the case of the state court against Khaled Cairo who was sentenced to sixteen years in prison for the brutal murder of Sanita Brauna in west Reykjavik in September 2017. The sentence was appealed by Cairo's lawyer from the Reykjavik district court to the state court.
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 16 October 2018 9:17 AMEUROVOLC is bringing
the European volcanological community closer togetherThe European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology EUROVOLC is a H2020 Research and Innovation Project of the European
Commission. It will construct an integrated and harmonized European volcanological
community able to fully support, exploit and build-upon existing and emerging
national and pan-European research infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures
of the European Supersite volcanoes. The harmonization includes linking
scientists and stakeholders and connecting still isolated volcanological
infrastructures located at in situ volcano observatories (VO) and
volcanological research institutions (VRIs). more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 12 October 2018 8:03 AM100 years since Katla eruptedToday, 12 October, is the 100-year anniversary of the
1918 eruption of Katla. The volcano is considered one of the most hazardous of
Iceland's 32 active volcanic systems. During the last 1100 years, Katla has
erupted at least 21 times, with an average repose interval of around 50 years.
The current one-hundred-year repose marks the longest period since a Katla
eruption. The Katla volcanic system is located in the eastern volcanic zone. It
is characterized by an 80-km-long fissure swarm and an ice-clad central volcano.
The central volcano is covered by the Mýrdalsjökull ice-cap and it includes a 9
by 14 km caldera, with ice-thickness up to 700 m.more